diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedFetcher.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedFetcher.java
index 6f38a1a9..9141f0b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedFetcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedFetcher.java
@@ -59,17 +59,19 @@ public class FeedFetcher {
 	}
 
 	private String extractFeedUrl(String html) {
+		String foundUrl = null;
+
 		Document doc = Jsoup.parse(html);
-		Elements rss = doc.select("link[type=application/rss+xml]");
-		Elements atom = doc.select("link[type=application/atom+xml]");
-
-		if (rss.size() > 0) {
-			return rss.get(0).attr("abs:href").toString();
-		} else if (atom.size() > 0) {
-			return atom.get(0).attr("abs:href").toString();
-		} else {
-			return null;
+		String root = doc.children().get(0).tagName();
+		if ("html".equals(root)) {
+			Elements rss = doc.select("link[type=application/rss+xml]");
+			Elements atom = doc.select("link[type=application/atom+xml]");
+			if (!rss.isEmpty()) {
+				foundUrl = rss.get(0).attr("abs:href").toString();
+			} else if (!atom.isEmpty()) {
+				foundUrl = atom.get(0).attr("abs:href").toString();
+			}
 		}
+		return foundUrl;
 	}
-
 }